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I am 76. I love my life even though it is filled with physical pain right now. I live in hope that can be solved. Generally I'm in good health. I will live this life for as long as I have. I love my husband and he loves me. We have a wonderful family. I will die when I die. I hope I have time to say goodbye to my loved ones. I think. Sometimes though, when one is elderly, and you've talked fairly openly about death and life for others beyond your life, maybe just slipping away is the best. Not really a great shock or surprise. I've had my travel and adventures. Had a great career. Now, I find incredible joy in such simple things in life. Observing nature in minutia. Listeming to my family chat and laugh in the next room. Sharing a glass of wine with my dear friends. Reading a great novel. Trying to meet my couriosity needs about "stuff" Enoying the favorite things of ours with my husband of 55 years. That's all I want or need now, and until the day I die. Although, I hope this pain situation I have now can get resolved because having pain at this level, I could not live with.
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Hello, dear @amkie . Thank you for your beautiful words. I'm a bit slow getting back to folks, was completely overwhelmed by the number of responses, and had to turn the group off for a bit, to answer so much kindness and concern, love and support. I too live with chronic pain and completely understand where you are coming from. I'm happy that you have such a wonderful and long lasting marriage. I did not, and have chosen to live single, but I'm terribly happy with my life as it is right now. I do have children, grands and great grands, and I adore them all and are so blessed to have their love and support. I will pray that your pain gets mitigated, but in the meantime, I share your attitude. Everything you named, are also the things that bring me the most joy now. I'm often bed bound, and one night I was lying in bed at my son's house, and just listening to my family interact, kid each other and joke, brought me to tears of love and gratitude for just that precious moment. Peace and Every Good!